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Steven PetrellaMLB.com

• James McDonald, on the DL since early May with shoulder discomfort, is scheduled to begin throwing off the mound with a side session Monday.

• By raising his record to 12-4 and lowering his ERA to 2.02 Saturday night, Francisco Liriano became the third Pirates pitcher and first left-hander since 1912, the first year the National League began logging ERAs, to open a season with at least a dozen wins and an ERA below 2.25 through 16 starts.

• James McDonald, on the DL since early May with shoulder discomfort, is scheduled to begin throwing off the mound with a side session Monday.

• By raising his record to 12-4 and lowering his ERA to 2.02 Saturday night, Francisco Liriano became the third Pirates pitcher and first left-hander since 1912, the first year the National League began logging ERAs, to open a season with at least a dozen wins and an ERA below 2.25 through 16 starts.